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Seen at the Viennale 2016: It seems that Matt Johnson, an exaggerated enthusiastic filmmaker, had a lot of fun doing this movie. He was able to transfer his enthusiasm onto the movie and the movie was able to transfer it to the Viennese audience. There are a lot of meta levels in the making of this mock documentary. The movie content is based upon the crazy conspiracy theories surrounding the first moon-landing. The main level just shows a documentary that shows the tricks that had to be played that the whole world believed that the landing was real. One sub level is that Johnson interviewed the real NASA in tricky ways to get answers in the right direction, so he was able to include that footage into his movie. Another level is the story of the camera team that develops this story in the movie itself. Johnson is the director of the film crew in the movie and also the director of The Avalanche. Another story is about politics and the power of state to hide its secrets. Even footage of Stanley Kubrick could be used. Quite entertaining. But most impressing: the pictures showing the moon mission of Apollo itself. The result is a homage about this great decade of the US flying to the moon. The mock documentary is not faultless, but quite good entertainment. And also added is a low-budget car chase - a real highlight to see.

Do you believe we actually landed on the moon? Well, it doesn't really matter because either way this film is smart, funny, interesting and entertaining. Matt Johnson is a master, be sure to also watch his "The Dirties".

It's a fairly solid movie. I didn't love it. I didn't hate it. As the headline says, I think the car chase scene stands out in the movie. It was fantastic.

What would it take to convince Walter Cronkite, the public, and even NASA personnel Apollo 11 landed on the Moon ... when it didn't? Operation Avalanche earnestly explores the idea the 1969 Moon landing was faked. Was it real, or was it Memorex? Low budget movie, but worth watching late at night or on a rainy afternoon.

Very clever, very well made found footage faux documentary from Matt Johnson. I loved the look and feel of it and how it tied together comedy, drama, and historical bits. The tension between the filmmakers, their "meeting" with Kubrick, and that car chase were all fantastic stuff.

The only qualm I have is that what Johnson was playing with (and presumably mocking), the absurd conspiracy theory that the moon landing was faked, is something that's believed by an alarming percentage of people, and here he is producing a scenario for how it could have happened. If that theory had never existed before this film or this was along the lines of some other mission, e.g. As in Capricorn One (1977), I would have absolutely adored it.

I understand that this gritty hand held camera style was intentional, but it did not work for me. I never liked these "Blair which project" style hand-held soddy grimy footages and if i had known that the entire film is in that style i would not have gone to see it. The story line was good and had a potential for a good drama or thriller. The ethical dilemma that the main character suddenly is forced to face in the middle of the film was a good hook for a gripping drama. But none of it really played out or was used properly in the film.

The muddy soddy style with ugly claustrophobic frames, none of which was in focus did not add anything to the film. The characters and dramatic element remained undeveloped and the fact that that there was not one good clear frame simply started to irritate. Until about the middle it was difficult to even understand what was going on or separate the characters from each other as we could barely see them. There was nothing to enjoy, or to go along with.This film was simply annoying, pointless and boring.

Finally, the faked moon landing conspiracy nuts get their proof, and then some.

Not only does "Operation Avalanche" tell the cold war truth of America's ridiculous claim to lunar escapades, but it's also a nifty espionage thriller, complete with gun play and classic car chases. A pair of documentarians, originally hired to sniff out a Russian mole, soon hatch a plot to film the impending (impossible) moon landing with some clever cinema magic. A tricky plan for sure, but when spy agencies heat up the cold war plans, our filmic nerds are in for the ride of heir life.

Filmed on crackly old stock, old school, old film, "Operation Avalanche" captures the bizarro undercover adventures of the CIA, when the fate of everything America felt near and dear to her heart rested on conquering a barren, grey hunk of space rock.

Could this found footage documentary be the real deal? You decide, and along the way, enjoy the greatest in-car filmed chase since "Bullitt".

Operation Avalanche proposes that in 1967, a small group of young filmmaking CIA agents were responsible for 'faking' Apollo 11's landing on the moon by shooting it on a sort of makeshift movie set. In conclusion, it's not very good.

Oh boy... What a complete load of c''p.

This could have been an excellent film if they'd just gotten a decent cast, and not made it look like a few overly excited kids who'd gotten a movie camera for Christmas.

I'm quite into conspiracy films/documentaries; however, the only thing I am left thinking after watching this is where did that hour and-a-half really go to? Please believe other reviews telling you not to waste your time... I wish I had.

Found lost tapes movies are generally not my thing; and I can honestly say that I just wish this one had of remained lost. There is quite literally nothing good I can say about it. Acting (if you can call it that) is woeful, camera-work isn't a great deal better, and the overall feel of the whole watching experience became quite painful.

Maybe NASA could do us all a favour and include whoever was involved in the making of this trash on their next mission to Mars.... even Pluto would do!

Seriously folks.... Don't waste your time. Pathetic.

0/10 (A first for me).

This film is exactly what I thought of the moon landing when I saw it on TV while at camp on the dining room TV.I thought it was a hoax and still do for there were no surprises.I was also once in a very primitive television studio at university.I was amazed how reality can be changed with unsophisticated equipment.

at the 30:30 mark of the movie they have the NASA logo on a banner from 1992 - not the 1960's one.

I find hard to believe that NASA went to the Moon. But hey, $50 billion a year in tax money is no reason to question things. I'm no 'scientist' obviously, just a humble reviewer, but the whole idea of rocket propelled travel in a vacuum is difficult to wrap one's mind around.

The movie - Operation Avalanche, not the NASA moon landing movie, was enjoyable even though it was of the mumblecore genre.

Do not get carried away by what these Jonny's say, the movie Has an average of 6.1, give it a try Regards Billy Bob

First of all the film is a FOOTFOTAGE (hence its austere aesthetic) DON'T CRITIC without understanding that it is a pseudo documentary on the Mission Apollo 11 (we will not walk spoiling) What starts as one Comedy is becoming more thick and sinister. Highly recommended For those who enjoy conspiracy theories and do not deny it That is not a Hollywood blockbuster.

These lines are just to annoy Alejandro and it costs me an egg to arrive at 10 (which is the least they accept here), thanks googles translator and Pinitos03

"Operation Avalanche" (2016, (soft) R, 90-mins) This is a low-budget mockumentary about why and how the US moon landing July 1969 was allegedly faked. Matt Johnson writes, stars, and directs this effort presumably with other friends/colleagues who play themselves in this drama set in 1967 even though the "landing" occurs in '69, weird since this doesn't play out over two years. Anyway, I could've sworn that David Blue ("Stargate: Universe") was in the role of Matt, but they only look alike apparently, kinda like how co-star Owen Williams looks really similar to Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory"). Also how this movie was rated R is beyond me, I didn't see anything rating higher than PG. I'm going to go SPOILER at this point since most of you won't bother to watch this given the radical premise and I want to remember my experience of it. Matt and Owen are newly minted CIA operatives posted at NASA as documentarians to uncover a mole. Instead, they find out that NASA is at least five years from being able to land on the moon! So ambitious videographer Matt, pitches the CIA director (yeh right) that they can film an ersatz landing experience which gets the title name. Much drama and intrigue ensues but he's successful though alot of people around him are off'ed by the CIA. It's one of those movies to watch when you're sitting around going through your mail, paying bills, playing string with your cats, etc.

This is like a student film, only worse...that is badly thought out, badly executed, and i wont even bother with the plot holes because you drive a death star through them.Just horrible.

None of the premises even work in suspension of disbelief land...

There's scant setup for any of the many set pieces or premises, and it looks like they spent more time trying to achieve the appearance of the era and film degradation effects than anything else.

Id rather watch the Ghostbusters reboot, and ill never watch that

Humanity is really quite over the handful of nutters that still believe that Armstrong and co didn't actually land on the moon, despite all the evidence to debunk their nutty theories.

This film actually doesn't serve these people well because its so badly thought out and executed.

A mockumentary mystery/comedy/thriller movie I've watched in anticipation of BlackBerry, which has finally been given an Australian cinema release coming up in August.

This is one movie where I feel like half of it, maybe even two-thirds were great. The second act was largely hilarious, and there were some genuinely well-done suspense/paranoia elements in the third act. There was one car chase of sorts that was really well-done, and reminded me a good deal of a similar sequence in Children of Men (which is high praise I guess, considering this feels like a significantly smaller production).

I also thought the technical qualities were generally pretty good. It didn't always feel 100% convincing that it was set in the late 1960s, but the illusion is mostly there, and better than you'd expect.

The only downside is that I think this took a while to get going. The first 20 minutes introduces some elements that are important later on, but felt a bit like padding at other times. Once the operation to fake the moon landing gets underway, that's when the film gets both funnier and a good deal more intense/engrossing.

Operation Avalanche is a mockumentary/found footage genre movie which really twists the genre around and brings along an interesting point of facts. Some people call it the most illegal movie ever made which it does almost live up to.

This movie focuses how the USA could not land a man on the moon and how 2 CIA agents find this out and how they think up of an idea which really makes you wonder. The film consists of many funny moment, an intense car chase and a cluster of interesting ideas from the 1960s and references to the future.

The fantastic actors, clever script and good plot make up for the low budget it had.

Definitely a must watch!

This film gives off the feel that this was a rush job to get a movie out to silence the hobbyists currently seriously researching this controversial topic. This topic is a serious one, since if it was truly faked, then this changes a lot, and the absolute kindergarten approach to the cinematography shows perfectly, that this was not at all a project meant to be taken seriously.

If this was intended for an audience, then it was intended more to rubbish the allegations of a possibility, much like the films execution in itself was rubbish. I do not take anything away from the actors, though looking into the deeper meaning of both the organization in, and execution of the film on a whole, one is left thinking they could have fixed the garage door in that time, or maybe thrown out the garbage.

Hollywood could make Transformers, a bunch of robots, look like the best thing in the world, but could not make something as serious as whether a supposed world power actually landed on the moon or not, look absolutely ridiculous...one has to ask if this 5th grade approach is intentional or not. Films like "Interstellar, Apollo 11, The Martian", have had loads of money, where we deny aliens, confirm humans being superior, yet here where there is a testament of the opposite, we use less than a million by the look and feel of things, to create something that could have been as creatively controversial and original in feel as Inception, yet fell as low in quality as the likes of "Jobs" featuring Ashton Kutcher. One is truly left feeling Hollywood is now hand picking the movies to be given high or low spend. Movies that relate to possible reality are thinkers movies. This is why the budget has always been so high. This shows a lack of respect for the notion, and sadly, the actors suffer.Some of us look beyond just the guns and swear words, and with much disappointment, this lacked the exact substance that makes such creations unique and in a class of their own.